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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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In first pitch attempt, woman throws like a rapper

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 29, 2019, 1:43 PM May 29, 2019
16

Up until Tuesday evening, 50 Cent held the distinction of throwing the worst first pitch in the history of all ceremony. Read more →

Sports

Red Bull pulls the plug on air races

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 29, 2019, 10:01 AM May 29, 2019
2

There’s irony — somewhere — in an announcement from Red Bull.
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Sports

What do you get a millionaire son for his birthday? The same thing you got him when he was broke

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 2:28 PM May 28, 2019
1

It’s hard to buy just the right birthday present for your kids when they become adults. Better just to slip a few bucks in a card and let them shop for themselves. Classic.
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Politics · Sports

Baseball team runs right-wing propaganda video in Memorial Day salute

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2019, 10:06 AM May 28, 2019

The Fresno Grizzlies put the ‘minor league’ in the minor leagues.
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Sports

At the baseball stadiums, patriotism is always on sale

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 3:50 PM May 24, 2019
6

It’s Memorial Day weekend, the annual tradition in which sports teams and businesses can cash in on the sacrifice of soldiers.
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People doing good · Sports

Woman delays surgery so she can watch the Stanley Cup playoffs

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 1:41 PM May 24, 2019
2

Shannon McCarthy’s family and friends aren’t too proud to beg.
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Sports · This or That

Milwaukee playoff game turns into battle of beer-drinking bros

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2019, 12:40 PM May 24, 2019
17

Last night’s playoff game in Milwaukee — the Bucks lost to Toronto — provided the quintessential Wisconsin moment: the city’s alpha male sports stars chugging beer. Read more →

Sports

MIAC can’t beat ’em, so it throws St. Thomas out

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2019, 12:08 PM May 22, 2019
26

It was a short and sweet announcement from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference today. The University of St. Thomas is out. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Sports

Where the heck is Aaron Rodgers in ‘Game of Thrones?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2019, 8:28 AM May 22, 2019
11

The Green Bay Packers quarterback confirmed he was in the final episodes somewhere, but he wouldn’t say in what role. Read more →

Sports

The case of the spiked (maybe) drinks at NBA playoff game

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2019, 7:05 AM May 13, 2019
7

Some sports fans in Wisconsin are complaining some drinks made them too drunk.
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Sports

NewsCut Flashback: Because they love the game

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2019, 7:46 AM May 11, 2019
0

In Reggie Deal’s family, when someone turns 40, they get to do something big. The Texas native’s wife toured the Amazon last year and although the Wyoming resident doesn’t turn 40 until next year, they decided if he’s ever going to reach his goal of visiting all 30 major league cities in 30 days, this was the year to do it. Read more →

Politics · Sports

A divide at the intersection of sports and politics

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 8, 2019, 3:24 PM May 8, 2019
25

A typical Major League Baseball team is a melting pot of camaraderie — whites, blacks, Asians, Latinos all united in pursuit of a common purpose. We could all take a lesson.

Except that sometimes, a different truth is revealed — a racial and ethnic divide that isn’t much different than the rest of society. Read more →

Sports

In death, as in life, a passion for the Vikings

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 8, 2019, 1:39 PM May 8, 2019
6

From what I can tell, Cynthia Marie Thiel was like me. A passionate sports fan who just wanted her team to win a championship before she died. Read more →

Sports

The Vikings aren’t going to be the Eskimos, even for a day

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2019, 9:30 AM May 1, 2019
14

The sports marketing world went briefly to DEFCON 1 on Tuesday after it was revealed that the NFL had applied for a trademark on the name Duluth Eskimos, the professional football team that played for a few years in the ’20s when the game was still developing. Read more →

Sports

Classy. Minnesota United fans cheer kids’ ‘goals’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2019, 12:56 PM Apr 29, 2019
5

The soccer game at Allianz Field was over by the time Angelo Rodriguez returned to the field after the game to give his kids a little taste of game time on Sunday. Read more →

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